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Brightness and darkness as perceptual dimensions
10-18-2007 · EurekAlert!The researchers' 2-D model generalizes to the chromatic dimensions of color perception, indicating that redness and greenness (blueness and yellowness) form perceptual dimensions. Collectively, the findings suggest that human color space is composed of six dimensions, rather than the conventional three.
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